When the fourth wave of Barton aliens left, Zach's list was already filled. Perhaps due to the season, dusk has become less dusk and dusk, just gray and dark. Zach is going to pass the list to Newton when it gets completely dark - which is Alice's daily return time. Black Witch, which means, "Leo, you're the last one."
Disgusted, "Charlie's blood hasn't been drained yet."
"I told you I don't need your help." Zach waved his hand. Since all the Barton aliens had left, there was no need to provide a space for the aliens to 'share secrets'. Zach asked directly from the back porch, looking at Austin workers on the south side, who were putting the finishing touches on things, "told me straight up that I was not in the mood to make the upcoming dinner any harder."
These words were very prophetic - Zach had already foreseen that he would definitely be the host at today's dinner. There are many reasons.
First of all, Austin has come over. This contractor who has been living with Grande for more than a month is finally about to hand over the work. Grande's living area has been officially completed. The celebration banquet is not considered, but the dinner must be stayed at Grande.
Then, there are Grande’s own employees, the Bain family, who have officially moved in as the living quarters are completed. It would be fine if there were only three members of Bain's family, but this time it was different, it was all nine employees of the Grand Cemetery. There are two reasons. The first is naturally the congratulations to Bain on his move from the employees who have been working together for almost half a year. The second is, let’s listen to the original words of old Hank: “These guys don’t need to know about that gang.” What are the weird people (Old Hank's name for Barton's aliens, deliberately malicious) here to do! Just know that as soon as the Grande Living Area was built, there were several waves of people coming to meet Grande's boss one by one! You !”
Can you tell, Old Hank turned Barton's alien 'secret sharing' with Zach into a hot interview for Grande's job opportunity...
Then, there is the unhappiness in Grande Funeral Home - Allen Funeral Home has no idea where it came from, and unilaterally promised the price of the cemetery and coffin to the customer. When Louise and Sam communicated with the customer, There was a bit of a conflict. As mentioned before, the cooperation with the funeral home was not smooth this time.
While Zach, the boss, was sitting in the basement watching Charlie's bloodletting and 'playing out' interviews for new employees, above Grande, the representatives of Allen Funeral Home and Louise worked hard to formulate a temporary internal plan for the funeral industry. Price standard.
Quoting Louise's original words, "We lost money! What a big loss! I really didn't expect Alan to be so unreasonable! I suspect they deliberately scheduled the funeral so tightly today just to force us not to negotiate properly! Now they They still have the nerve to stay for dinner! I was polite when I suggested it! You’re welcome! Look at their smug expressions! I, I really want to, really want to... "
Finally, the proof that puts Zach's whole 'vampires shouldn't spout hate' speech to hell, reporter Kate is here.
But her goal wasn't Zach.
It's Austin - "This is the second time you have cooperated with Grande. I learned that in the first cooperation, Grande successfully avoided all engineering expenses due to an accident, and you suffered huge losses. This time with Grande, you lost a lot of money." German cooperation, I wonder if any accidents happened?"
It was Bain - "You were the first employee to move into a funeral home after the privatization of the funeral industry. Did you know that your house did not belong to you? After the city government stopped granting the funeral industry the privileges of a public institution, you understood Is your home simply a rental relationship with Grande?"
He is an employee of Allen - "Have you encountered any difficulties in the cooperation with the first funeral home? Haha, in addition to the restraining order that I already know about Mr. Allen and Mr. Grande, I noticed that the person in charge of Grande's side Miss Louise, who was negotiating, didn’t look good.”
It was Tam and Leo, well, the only 'interview' that made Zach feel better. These two aliens who disliked each other but insisted on staying in the Grande had the same reaction when facing Kate -
"Are you here to look for a job in Grande? I noticed that the other interviewers left and you stayed. Can I ask you to reveal what Mr. Grande asked you during the interview in Grande? Is it a problem? For example, how bad is your own life to want to work for such a person?"
"Stay away from me, miss. I don't want to hurt you."
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But what finally led Kate to stay here for dinner was to get ready for the climax - "There are no buses? Why did the buses in the South District stop running so early? Uh, can I borrow a phone? I'll call my boyfriend. Call me and ask him to pick me up."
The only thing Zach said to Kate's smiling face - "Haha, of course, please use it."
Hehe, no matter if it was James or not, Zach couldn't stop the smile on his face. The only thing that made this dinner a little bit exciting...
Finally finished talking about these reasons, let’s get back to the present.
Zach sat on the bench and watched as Tam joined in helping Mo arrange tables and chairs in the backyard. Grande's restaurant can't accommodate so many people, so when we needed to hire farmers, we thanked everyone for helping us use the long outdoor tables. There were more than one, one for Grande's employees, one for Austin's workers, and one for Grande's workers. German 'family' one.
Hearing a little helpless, "I said I wanted to help, and I just want to help!" After saying this, Leo also walked to the kitchen. When he came out, he held a brazier with a weird look on his face and walked to the kitchen. In the center of the backyard, he hesitated and distributed it directly to Ryan.
Zach raised his eyebrows and grabbed Matthew who was passing by, "What did Mo do? What does that thing do? Is the campfire 'party' thing a little too small?" This was self-deprecating, Zach really felt like he was at home now Backyard people are here to party.
Matthew blinked, "'Hot pot', that's what Mo said. She said she wasn't in the mood to cook dinner for so many people, so everyone can use it as they please."
Zach glanced at the plate full of raw meat in Matthew's hand and didn't bother to pay attention. After thinking for a while, he went to the office. It didn't matter that he was missing only information about Leo. Zach was 80% sure that Leo, like Tam, had not taken anything away from Papa Midnight.
After adding Leo's note, making a phone call, and stuffing the full list into the fax machine, watching the list being swallowed up, then shredded and lit when spit out, Zach went back downstairs, before the uncomfortable dinner began. , take another look at Charlie.
"I've always wanted to kill a vampire."
Someone is in the basement.
"You're back." Zach glanced at the translucent body. O'Neal Fury looked no different than yesterday. He still looked like he was in a dangerous state of disappearing from heaven and earth at any time. "You know yesterday Corden was in Grand Will I wait for you until midnight?"
"I know." O'Neill moved a little closer to the pale Charlie on the stone platform, as if he didn't care about the flowing bright red. "Fortunately, he is here. I didn't want to meet him and wandered around Barton again." He said transparently There was a smile on his face, as if to remind Zach to pay attention—
O'Neill reached out to Charlie's flowing blood. The fingers that should have been 'melted' by the blood in an instant lasted for two seconds.
Zach raised his eyebrows, "What is this?" Please don't tell Zach, now even the dying Earthbinder has found a way to no longer be afraid of the restraint of vampire blood.
"It's a little trick." O'Neill retracted his fingers that were still melted after all, shook them by his side, and snorted, "Magic, Rimmer's." Then he circled around Zach, "Your friend, Eve taught me Mine." So the 'trick' is just the wizard's self-esteem, and he doesn't want to admit that magic is the same magical technology as witchcraft, but his words are fair, "Oh, after all, when it comes to the coexistence of soul and vampire blood, half human and half vampire Rimmer is the expert."
What Zach is more concerned about is - "You went to find Eve?"
"Well, I'm not planning to go. I just wandered to the West End out of boredom to see what you achieved with the Barton family." This guy is quite serious. He knows how to go see Zach and help him prevent future turbulence. The progress of the family's revenge on Barton, "Then I was stopped by a strange republican halfway. Your friend helped me."
Zach's focus shifted, "A strange republican. Well, is he tall, thin, with a smile on his face, called 'Maitreya' at Yuri's house?"
"Tall, thin, right. Smile? No, very serious. And what is 'Maitreya'? Is it the spell that made me almost die?"
"He wants to kill you?" Zach raised an eyebrow.
"Strange..." O'Neal stopped in the air, as if thinking, "I didn't feel 'killed'..." He glanced at Zach, "I can't describe that feeling, haha." Then he smiled, " I'm just a novice Earthbinder. I don't know what it feels like to be 'killed'. Haha, I can't even feel the pain. So, how do I know? I just read those things to me that I don't understand. I feel like my band is shrinking, but I don’t have any definite sense of crisis. It’s weird, I can’t explain it.”
Zach waved his hand and continued to let his attitude toward Maitreya go, "You should go to Mo Wenwen."
"I will." He continued to lean towards the pale Charlie, "Are you going to kill him, or what? I really can't tell."
"Didn't your family teach you how to give vampires surnames?" Zach's explanation was just to reassure Charlie. If there is a way to measure paleness, when O'Neill mentioned the topic of 'killing', Charlie's face turned pale again. A few points. But no matter what Charlie was thinking now, he couldn't express it, and his mouth was still stuffed with cloth.
Zach had something more concerning, "You said Eve taught you 'little tricks'?"
"Well, after she said that Sibella was looking for me and I told her that I would stay in Grande." O'Neill smiled again, "What is the relationship between Sibella and Rimmer? I have a feeling, E Fu seems to think it’s a good thing for me to stay in Grande.”
Zach opened his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed. How should he explain this, "I may or may not have, well, when Rimmer came to Barton, Rimmer was wary of the wizards like Sibella." During the spontaneous combustion incident of the barrier, Zach made Eve clearly realize that Barton's wizards are dangerous and can do anything. "But in general, Barton's forces are very united."
"Haha, when you say unity, you mean that Rimmer doesn't want Sibera to recruit another wizard family to Barton, so Eve doesn't want me to die, but she doesn't want me to be in Sibera's hands either. Ha, in Glen Stay here, just in time. Then, I need the ability to protect myself around vampires. Unity means uniting around you."
Zach smiled, "You are very smart. But still." Zach looked at O'Neal to explain his point of view, "You can't stay in Grande in this state forever. Have you thought about your choice? I don't think you The freedom I want is the freedom of a wandering soul.”
O'Neill nodded, "I'm thinking about the Phantom Man." You know what this is saying, it's talking about the path O'Neill will choose when he finally advances to a new life form after being fed up with the state of the Earthbinder. But immediately, he smiled and shook his head, "But seeing your illusion..." Danny said, "Haha, I'm afraid I won't hide far enough, so I think I'd better forget it."
Alas, Kate is here, so Danny has to run away. Still the somewhat funny helpless fact, Danny was worried that he would accidentally realize Kate's plot and send Zach to a different dimension.
"Then you have no choice." Restricting more shadows and dream demons who have entered the illusory realm were given up. Zach looked at O'Neill, "You have left the position of the earth-bound spirit, and the possession has been It's impossible." Wasn't it just that Ryan was lucky enough to possess Herman's son while in the Earthbinder state? Zach probed, "Do you want to be like your brother?" Become a dead soul in heaven
"No." O'Neill was still smiling, "I used the death of my body to get rid of the interest disputes of the wizard family. I didn't want to be involved in the struggle of another faith. I don't even consider the undead of the Holy Lord's faith."
With Tam's No. 2 as a foreshadowing, Zach did not ignore the other one this time, "Mo, are you also thinking about the 'ghost' of the Republic?"
"Why not~" It seems that he hit the target, O'Neill smiled, "She is very special, isn't she~"
"Your own choice." Zach shrugged, "But I still remind you, you may have missed the opportunity." When Mo explained the 'ghost' of the Republic to No. 2, he did say that there is no need to go through the Earthbinder state. Bar. O'Neal, this is not a jump over the Earthbinder, it is an interruption, there is a difference.
"There will always be a way." O'Neill walked around the stone platform and returned to his original sentence, "Really, I have always wanted to try what it feels like to kill a vampire. It's a pity. Before Patton, I couldn’t find any…”
There is no need to worry about Charlie's life because of these words. Remember the witchcraft that burned a small hole in Zach's chest? O'Neal's constant statements at this time have no practical meaning, it is just that he remembers his lost life. (.)